I already kicked this dead horse once, but I finally got around to downloading the latest CAIRO projections, which come complete with platoon splits. I wish I would’ve known about that before I dinked around for a half hour or so getting splits for my lineup post. Anyway, the prognosis is rather negative for Cardinal hitters against southpaws.

Behold the ugly.

Player

Vs L

Albert Pujols

0.453

Matt Holliday

0.396

Lance Berkman

0.348

Yadier Molina

0.332

David Freese

0.331

Allen Craig

0.325

Ryan Theriot

0.313

Colby Rasmus

0.307

Nick Punto

0.289

Gerald Laird

0.289

Daniel Descalso

0.287

Skip Schumaker

0.283

Bryan Anderson

0.277

Eno Sarris at Fangraphs already hit on how horrible the bottom of the Cardinals lineup is, but it just get so much worse against left-handed pitchers. For I’m afraid that after Albert and Holliday, things begin to unravel in a hurry. Berkman who is no guarantee to hit southpaws if the current trends continue, but I guess that more prone to believe this projection than just make a judgment based on last year’s splits. Molina and Freese are the only two players left that project to be league average.

Finally I will say that I’ll definitely take the over on Colby Rasmus here, but the larger point remains that after the Big 2, the Cardinals lineup against lefties ranges from league average to … well… poopy.